Rail anchor



Patented Nov. 24,l 1925.

UNITED STATES JULIUs H. Goos, F sr. PAUL, MINNEsoTA.

RAIL ANCHOR.

Application filed February 7, 1925. Serial No.`7,609.

To all whom if may Concern."

Be it known that I, JULIUs H. Goos,v a citizen of the vUnited States, residing in St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of.

Minnesota, have invented certain new and ,useful Improvements in Rail Anchors, lof

said jaw portions is in' gripping position' on the rail, the other of said jaw portions which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in? rail anchors. and has for its primary object the provision of an improved one-piece rail anchor which willfirmly grip the base flange of a rail and which is so formed as to provide a depending tie abutment of substantial area adjacent one end of the anchor adapted to bear against one of the side faces of a cross tie. a A more specific object is to provide an improved one-piece rail anchor havingtwo jaws, which may be formed of the same size, or'which if desired, may be formed of different sizes so as to fit rails having base. flanges of different widths and contours, and' which is so formed that when one of serves as an abutment which bears against one of the vertlcal faces of the cross tie or other stationary part of the road bed.'

In this connection I contemplate. the provision of a tie abuttingportionwhich extends downwardly asubstantial' dist`ancej. vflolnihe'under surface'of the'rail base, so4

as to provide a bearing surface suitable for i use in connectionwith hewed orpole ties.

Lplied to a rail base at either side of the rail, and which, when in operative position, will malntain a resillent gr1p on the rail base so as to resist any tendency which'the coun.

'ter'creeping, vibration or other disturbing influences may have to displace the anchor or loosen its grip on the rail.-

The inventionl has for further objects,

such other new and improved vconstructions relating to rail "anchors, as will be-hereinafter described and claimed for Vcarrying out the above stated objects, and such other incidental obectsaswill appear from the description o thepreferred embodiment of my invention. i v y The preferred embodiment of my invention .is illustrated in' the accompanying drawing, wherein:

the jaw is driven'upon the inclined sur- Fig. 1 is a'fragmentary View in cross scct-ion .of the'base portion of a railroad rail l showing one of my limproved rail anchor devices applied thereto.

Fig. shown in Fig.' 1, and

Fig. 3 is an end view of the rail anchor,

illustrating the manner in which it bears against a vertical face of the cross tie.

The rail anchor illustrated herein as a 6' preferred embodiment of my invention, consists' of a bar 10 preferably of sprin'g'steel, the ends of.which are bent in opposite -di'- rections to provide'hook shaped jaw `por I "tions 11 and 11n. The jaw portions 11 and to engage the Qppgsite edge of the. rail base' 1 i be, is. applied in its operative position on a rail'.v I The jaws 11--118L are'preferably bent out of alignment with the body 10, shown best in Figs. 2 and 3, and are each formed so that the distance between the lower surface'of the jaw and the adjacent face ofthe body 10 lwill begless thanthe. thickness of the rail --base 'at the iwhereby the jaw or hook portion will be point engaged by said jaw,

distorted from its normally set position as face of the railbase.

The bends. of the jaw -portions 11-11a are preferablyso formed as to provide a slight clearance beneath the lower edge of the rail base as indicated at 16 in Fig. 1 100i' land to provide a relatively large clearance 17 above the rail base, so as to permitithe anchor'tobe applied to the rail vwith a" minimumdistortion .of the 'aw ortion.

j The distance between the s 'oul er 15 and 105 the inner face of the jaw 11 is preferably such that when the shoulder 15.1snaps`. intoy i engagement with the o posite edge of the 'rail base,` the inner su ace of the jaw will be in engagement with the lower edge of 110 2 's a plan view'of the construction G0 the rail base, thereby limiting the movementof the anchor in the direction of its length, dui-ing its application to the rail.

The j aws 11e-l1"L may, if desired, be

-nel of the difficulties encountered in rail anchors of the above general type in which no downturned portion is provided to bear against the cross tie, is that the body of the anchor does not obtain a firm bearing against the cross tie, but on the contrary, the corner of the anchor body tends to cut into the curved portion of the pole tie. With the l rail anchor` construction as herein shown,

lthe downwardly projecting jaw 1la extends Ibelow the curved portion 18 of the tie, so as to bear firmly against the tie at 19.

In applying the anchorto a rail, the jaw llor lltL as the casemay be, is fitted over one end of the rail base and lthe anchor drivenin the direction of its length transe versely of the rail until the shoulder 15 or l5a as the case may be, snaps over the oppositeedge of the rail bi:'se,at which timel Y fllelowercdgeof the rail base will eng-age the inner surface of the jaw portion, the

anchor being of resilient metalaid the being driven upon the inclined surface of i' the rail base maintains its hold on the rail tion formed with a spring jaw adapte to i by spring pressure. In addition tothis gripl the tendency which the anchor may have to assume a diagonal position across the rail, due to the fact that the tie abutment is at the shoulder end of the anchor, will effect a shackle hold on the opposite edges of the rail base.

I claim:

l., A rail anchor comprising a bodyportion formed with aK spring adapted to grip one flange of a rail base and provided at the other end with a shoulderadapted to be moved into engagement with the opposite edge of the rail base by driving said jaw transversely of the rail, said shoulder end ofthe anchor being provided with a yportion which extends downwardly from the body portion and the crossy tie. l

2. A rail anchor comprising a body o1'- is adapted to bear against grip .one Yflange of a rail base and provided with a shoulder to engage the opposite edge of the rail, said shoulder end of the device body portion to bear' against a cross tie.

3. A rail anchor comprising a body portion, formed atfopposite ends with jaw portions which are so disposed with relation to each other than when 'one of said jaws is driven into operative engagement with the rail base, the other'of said jaws extends downwardly from the rail base to tie abutting portion.

4. A rail anchor comprising abar, the ends of which are bent in opposite directions to provide jaws adapted to 'grip a base flange provide a ,v

being bentdownwardly with respect to the of a rail with spring pressure, and provided 1 on opposite sides of the body with shoulders for engaging the opposite edge of the rail.r base; said jaws being so disposed with respect to each other that one jaw Vprojects downwardly from the railwhen the other jaw is iii gripping engagement with the rail base flange.

I A rail anchorcomprising a bar, formed I at one end with a jaw adapted to grip one flange o'f a rail base with spring pressure and formed at the other end with a shoulder adapted to snap over the'opposite edge of lthe `rail base', and formed at this end with a downturned the tie. l

6. A rail anchor comprising a bar formed at one end with a jaw portion adapted to grip one flange of a rail base with spring pressure and formed at the other end with a shoulder Iadapted to -snap overthe opposite edge of the rail when the anchor is portion adapted to bear against driven in the direction o'f its length` to force Saldsiainilnen thailmlineifsiirface. of said, ci

rail base flange, the portion of the body adjacent said shoulder being bent downwardly to provide ahooked shape jaw portion adapted vtojbear against a. vdross tie.

7. A rai/1 anchor comprising a spring meta-l bar'formed at opposite endsv with op-.

positely'disposed-jaw portions formed with bends whereby a clearance is providedbctween the lower surface of the rail baseand the anchor adjacent one edge of the rail g. said anchor device being formed at opposite ends withA shouldei's adapted to snap over the opposite edge of the rail base.

8. A rail anchor comprising a spring l`metalbar formed at opposite ends with oppositely disposedl bends 'providing jaw portions adapted to grip a base fiange of' a rail and bear against'a tie respectively, said j aw portions being bent outof vertical alignment with said bod ortinandsaid body portion being provi ed at opposite ends with shoulders adapted to have a snap engagement with one edge of the raijl base.

- p JULIUS H. l(JiOOS. 

